Can you provide jobs to all docs, HC asks govt

The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court on Thursday questioned whether the Union government was in a position to provide a job to every doctor in the country.Ranjana Diggikar | TNN | August 22, 2015, 14:02 IST

CBSE will soon issue a notification for a fresh conduct of All India Pre-Medical Test 2015-16 and preparations have started for the test despite shortage of time, said an official.AURANGABAD: The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court on Thursday questioned whether the Union government was in a position to provide a job to every doctor in the country. The bench was hearing a petition filed by the Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) against the decision of the Union health and family welfare ministry not to issue "No Obligation to Return to India" (NORI) certificates to doctors planning to go abroad.

The bench directed the government and the Medical Council of India (MCI) to respond to the issues raised by the petitioner within seven days.

The bench, comprising Justice R M Borde and Justice P R Bora, also asked the government why India was not in a position to provide better facilities to doctors, which was a reason for them going abroad. The judges gave the example of Maharashtra where medical students have to sign a bond and yet the government was unsure of providing them jobs.

The bench also stated that Union health minister J P Nadda, who is respondent No. 2, was not a necessary party to the petition.

Rahul Totala, the lawyer for MARD, said, "We appreciate the positive stand taken by the court on Thursday because what the central government is proposing is an indirect violation of fundamental rights."

Dr Sagar Mundada, president of Central MARD, said, "The government spends a fortune on educating IITians, many of whom settle out of the country in view of better job prospects. We would like to point out that doctors are the only professionals who have a compulsory bond service in rural India. Do IITians and other professionals not have any responsibility towards the country?"

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